Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" china paint or narcissus

or narcissus

Whether or not indeed "The Greatest Fortune Teller in the World" as he claimed to be

Cleverly designed to fit over the corner of a page or section of pages

but it seems to me that anything that consumed such time

Perfect filled with roasted Brussels sprouts

Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" china paint or narcissusThe caption here tells us its a Colonial era parlor scene, and it seems clear that the woman at the center of the image (with an insane looking bright red smile) is giving a curtsy (a courtesy), but the way in which the photographic image has faded while the painting over top has remained turns the whole thing quite surreal. (Which one might say this sort social ceremony was is to begin with!) There is also a woman in white in the background who keeps